Issue 746: date format options - timezone offset
Status:  WontFix
Owner: ----
Closed:  Dec 2010
Reported by pwc1...@gmail.com, Dec 4, 2010
Related to the ability to support timezones, we show the current difference from GMT in the title. It helps to eliminate some of the confusion.

e.g. "December 2010 [GMT-5]"

The following addition to the dateFormatters provides the ability to include the offset in the title and other strings. It would be great to include this or something like it.

O: function (d) { return (-d.getTimezoneOffset() < 0 ? '-' : '+') +(Math.abs(d.getTimezoneOffset() / 60)); },            
  
Thanks!
Dec 26, 2010
Project Member #1 adamrs...@gmail.com
where do you think outputting dates in this format would be useful? in the calendar title (like where the "December 2010" would be"?) or on event elements?

i don't think it would work inside of the calendar title, because different days within a given month might have different gmt offsets.

also, would the gmt offset really be useful on an event? i dont think most people would be able to process this, would seem confusing.

i think displaying events in a certain timezone (not yet possible, but being discussed in  issue 738 ), and somehow notifying the user of the current timezone in a central place would be the best idea. and the current timezone would be something like "America/Chicago" instead of an offset #, since offset #'s change throughout the year with DST.
Status: WontFix